Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

G. 8. HART.

GUFP HOLDER. No. 890,478. 1288811888088. 2, 1888.

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CLARENCE HART, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,476, dated October 2, 1888.

Application filed June 13, 1887. Serial No. 241,226. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Iinprovementin Ouff- Holders, which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View showing my improved cuff-holder applied to the cuff; Fig. 2, a sin1i lar view showing the device applied in the reverse manner from that shown in Fig. l; Fig.

3, a plan View of one side of the cuff-holder detached,- Fig. 4l, a plan View of the other side; Fig. 5, a sectional View taken on the line l l of Fig. 3; Fig. a sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, Fig. 7, a sectional view taken through the coat-sleeve, cuff-holder, and cuff, and illustrating the manner of attaching the cuff to the coat sleeve or lining; Fig. 8, a sec tional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 7; and Fig. 9, a view corresponding to Fig. 7, illustrating the method of securing the cuff to the shirt-sleeve. Figs. 1 and 2 are on the same scale and are of the full or natural size. Figs. 3 to 9, inclusive, are on a scale twice as great as that of Figs. l and 2.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the gures of the drawings.

My invention relates to cuff-holders, and has for its object to produce a cuff-holder which is simple and cheap in construction and easy and effective in operation, so that when the said cnff-holder is secured to the cuff it may be employed to secure the cuff either to the coatsleeve or shirt-sleeve.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features which I will now proceed to describe, and will then particularly point out in the claims.

Referring now more particularly to the construction of the cuff-holder itself as an article, the article is preferably stamped from sheet metal, and formed, with the exception of the pin, in a single piece. It consists of a base portion, A, one part of which, A, is somewhat narrower in width than the other portion, A2. This latter or broader portion, A, has stamped or cutout from -its central portion a central tongue, a, and the surrounding portion a is depressed below this tongue, as shown in the several figures, the parts A and A serving to receive between them the cuff. A short lip or tongue, a2, struck out from the body of the metal and bent in a direction the reverse of the part a', serves, in conjunction with the parts a and a', to secure the cuff-holder within the button-hole in the manner hereinafter described.

B represents a pin, which is secured to the tongue a on what may be termed the upper side 7 of the said tongue. This pin extends forward, or in a direction away from the free end ofthe tongue, about to the base thereof, leaving a space between the tongue and base. This pin B is practically a rigid pin, its relation to the tongue a being such as to prevent any material varia-tion lof the distance between the two, so that when the said tongue a is supported on the cuff in the manner hereinafter described the pin B becomes practically` rigid in relation to the cuff.

The portion A of t-he entf-holder is bent upon itself and extended rearward to form an elastic guard, B', the rear end of which is provided with a tongue, b, grooved, as shown at b', in the direction of the axis ofthe pin B, and serving to receive the point of the said pin within the said groove. This groove is of course below the surface of the guard B, so that when the parts are in their normal position the point of the pin will be below the guard B', and will be protected thereby in an obvious manner.

It will thus be seen that the cuff-holder consists ofa base provided with suitable means for attachment to the cuff, a rigid pin for engagement with the coat or shirt sleeve, and an elastic guard passing under said pin, the rst element being represented` in the construction shown by the part lettered A, the second ele-v ment by the part lettered B, and the third by the part lettered B.

The cuff-holderjust described may be applied to the cuff either in the manner shown in Figs. l and 3 to 8, inclusive, or in the man ner shown in Figs. 2 and 9. The former being the preferred manner of employing the cuffholder, I will first describe the same. The

cuff-holder is applied to the cuff C by inserting the depressed portion a thereof in the buttoibhole c, the tongue a resting on the outer side of the cuff, which latter is thus received in the space between theparis a and a. The cuffholder is then forced sufficiently to come attached to the same.

ton-hole in the same.

the rear or inner end of the cuffto permit the passage of the lip or tongue a? through the button-hole c by springing the edge of the buttonhole over'the said lip. Vhen in this position, it will be seen that the cuffholder is firmly attached to the cuff, the parts a' and at2 being onthe under side ofthe cuff, while the remaining portion of the base A is upon the upper side of the cuff. The part a' is preferably inclined somewhat upward with relation to the tongue a., so that by the elasticity of the parts they will grip the cuff'rmly between them, and the part A' is also bent downward slightly, so as to increase the firmness of the hold of the cuffholder upon the cuff. It will be seen that the parts a' and a2 form, in conjunction with the remainder of the base A, means for attaching the cuff-holder to the cuff by means of the but- 'Ihis particular means is one whichI have devised,and which is cheap and simple in construction and effectual in operation; but I do not of course limit myself to this pa'ticular means. The cuff holder when thus attached to the cuff presents on the outer surface thereof a rigid pin, under the point of which passes an elastic guard,which normally protects the said point from engagement with any fabric which it may encounter.

In applying the cuff it is placed in position upon the arm within the coat-sleeve D, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and the elastic guard B' is then depressed in the manner shown in dotted lines in Figs. 5 and 7 of the drawings, this depressionbeing effected from the outside of the coat-sleeve by pressing the thumb downward upon that portion of the coat sleeve immediately over the said guard. The guard being thus depressed, the cuff is drawn slightly l'orward, when the point of the pin B will engage with the lining d of the coat-sleeve, or with the fabric itself ofthe coatsleeve. and thereby be- The pressure then being removed from the guard B', a loop, d', of the sleeve-lining or sleeve, will beheld upon the pin B, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the guard B' returning to its position and the cuff being thus iirmly attached to the coat-sleeve. The operation of securing the cuff to the sleeve is thus extremely simple, since it only requires a pressure on the coat-sleeve and a slight forward movement of the cuff.

There are obvious advantages in attaching the cuff to the coat-sleeve instead of to the shirt-sleeve, the principal one being that the precise amount of cuff which projects beyond the sleeve and shows on the exterior may thus be accurately regulated, and will remain the same, no matter what position the arm may assume. The operation of detaching the cuff from the coat-sleeve is equally simple, since it is only necessary to press down upon the guard B', or, rather, upon the outer side of the coatsleeve immediately above the said guard, and at the same time move the cuffslightly inward, when it will be immediately detached. Indeed, the cuff may be detached in a still simpler manner, for since the corners of the tongue b are round-ed, as shown, and present no obstacle to thc withdrawal of the loop from the pin B when sufficient force is applied for the purpose, it is only necessary to hold the cuffstationary and draw the coat-sleeveslightly forward, when the loop will slip from the pin and the cuff will become detached.

In Figs. 2 and 9 I have shown another method of applying the cui'"-holder to the cuff, intended more particularly for use when it is desired to connect the cuff to the shirt-sleeve instead of to the coat-sleeve. In view of the preceding description this method will be readily understood from the drawings, it being only necessary to state that the cuff-holder is applied to the culi' in a reverse manner, or, in other words, from the under side thereof, so that the point projects on the under side of the cuff, its method of engagement with and disengagement from the shirt-sleeve E being readily understood.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made without departing from the principle of my invention, and-I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to the precise details hereinbefore described,and shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cuff-holder, the combination, with the base adapted for attachment to the cutf,of the rigid pin attached to said base and engaging with the coat or shirt sleeve, and the elastic guard, also attached to said base and extending under the said pin, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. A cuff-holder provided with means, substantially as described, for attachment to the cuff, and having an outward or forward extending rigid pin and an inward or rearward extending elastic guard passing under the point of the said pin, substantially as and for the purposes specified. r

3. ln a cuff-holder, the combination, with a suitable base provided with means for its attachment to the cuff, of the rigid pin B, at-

tached to the said base and extending forward,

and an elastic guard, B', provided with the groove b', depressed below its outer surface to receive the point of the pin B, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. The hereinbefore described cuff-holder, consisting of a base, A, having tongue a and depressed surrounding portion a', the reversely-bent lip a?, and the portion A', bent upon itself to form the elastic guard B', said parts being formed from a single piece of metal, in combination with the pin B, secured tothe tongue c and extending forward over the guard B', substantially as and for the purposes specified.

CL ARENOE R. HART. v

Witnesses:

IRVINE MILLER, W. G. CoRLrns. 

